Thursday, January 3, 2008

LOVING LIFE

HAVE CHAD AND POLINA DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH? NOOO!!! WE ARE STILL HERE. RIGHT NOW SURVIVING THE BRUTALLY COLD WINTER OF CHICAGO. WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL SEMESTER, PROBABLY THE BEST SO FAR IN ALL AREAS. WE WERE QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR STUDIES AND WE BUILT SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS; WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE MORE WITH EACH OTHER AND WE HAVE SEEN THE LORD'S LOVE IN OUR LIVES.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

aren't we all missionaries?

















A missionary is a...

BURDENED SENT ONE, CALLED TO FULL-TIME MINISTRY IN THE WORD AND PRAYER, PREACHING CHRIST BOLDLY…SOMETIMES USING WORDS… WHERE HE IS LARGELY UNKNOWN, CROSSING ETHNO/LINGUISTIC BOUNDARIES, WHILE UNIQUELY APPRECIATING DIFFERENT CULTURES OTHER THAN THEIR OWN.